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McSweeney needs to go.

It’s still hard for me to believe that after so many years of deranged posts like this, we’ve still never had a serious national conversation about this man’s mental health.

No one who cares about wildlife and ecosystems is now likely to vote Labour in 2029. Or about Gaza. Or poverty. Or inequality. Or international aid. Or corporate power. Or democratic reform. Or racism. Or trans rights. So that's goodbye to just about its entire vote. What are they playing at?

Russia is now bombarding Odesa with ballistic missiles. Remember, European leadership pledged that if Russia did not agree to a 30-day unconditional ceasefire by yesterday, they would hit Russia with super new sanctions. Yet, here we are…

NEW: A second Scottish council has decided to ban mobile phone use in schools to reduce distractions and promote positive learning environments

Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around. They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway. It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing

An entire administration set up to solve problems that only exist on right wing media

The GOP wanted to impeach Biden for a fake $5M bribe from Ukraine that was made up by a guy sitting in prison for lying about it, but they’re cool with a $400M plane from Qatar. Do I have that right?

Society: look, you follow the rules, get a good education and a nice job, it’ll all work out Society: well, it’s great that you did all that but we’re really more into white criminals

Sly and the Family Stone, ooft

Stranger In Town by Bob Seger is such a belter of an album, but they definitely front loaded the best tracks on Side 1...

Save Elmo!

One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.

The fact that the Vatican elected an American anti MAGA pope even tho Donald said he wanted the job himself is a fantastic troll.

The USA saw Starmer coming a million miles away... There's a reason why nobody else has agreed a trade deal yet: you don't reward bullies. www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...

If as President you answer “I don’t know” when asked if you’ll follow the Constitution, you have violated your oath of office and should be removed.

Science you magnificent bastard

If the UK rejoined the Single Market there would be £42bn a year to spend, jobs galore and it would kill Nigel Farage. Lets do it.

The solution is not empathy of any degree. What we need is accountability. What we need is the law enforced equally. What we need is to see some very rich traitors perp-walked to court to be sentenced before a hanging judge. Liberals need to stop being so soft. Start demanding justice.

Still waiting for Farage-mesmerised BBC to devote more than passing sentence to fact that Greens have more councillors than Reform and that Ed Davey's Lib Dems have all bit wiped out the Tories in their traditional shire heartlands....

❗️Putin in 2014: "The biggest nationalist in Russia is me." ‼️ Putin in 2025: "Nationalism is the first stage on the way to Nazism."

I’m glad to see this article but it’s after 24 hours of unchallenged corporate guff dominating the news cycle. Tony Blair is a tech lobbyist who is literally writing naive, venal & dangerous policy for Starmer’s government. Call it out. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Russia: Invades 🇲🇩 ‘92 Flattens Grozny 🇷🇺 ‘99 Uses polonium 🇬🇧 ‘06 Cyber attacks 🇪🇪 ‘07 Invades 🇬🇪 ‘08 Invades Crimea & Eastern 🇺🇦 ‘14 Downs MH17 2014 Flattens Aleppo 🇸🇾 2015 Uses Novichok 🇷🇺2018 Invades 🇺🇦 more 2022 Tankies: Why don't Ukraine believe Russia wants peace?

Might have been helpful if 10 years ago more people had pointed out the "art" in The Art of the Deal was swindling partners and stiffing contractors.

That's a good boy! ❤️

Gaza is about the size of Detroit.

Which was worse, Liz Truss offing the Queen or JD Vance offing the Pope?

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